The last five years have seen more mass shootings than any other comparable time span dating back to 1966
as single incidents in which four or more people are killed , in public locations, such as schools, stores, or workplaces. It excludes murders that occur because of domestic violence, or in the course of another crime, such as armed robbery or gang violence.
Much of the increase in both deaths and injuries was attributable to the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history, which occurred in 2017 at a music festival in Las Vegas. A gunman, armed with multiple assault weapons, killed 58 victims. An additional 887 people were injured, including scores hurt in a stampede, according to the Violence Project.
There is no national, legal definition of a “mass shooting”. Several organizations track mass shootings, but use different yardsticks: some count only incidents in which three or more people are killed; others measure incidents with at least four people killed or injured. Some researchers stress the importance of including injuries as well as fatalities when analyzing mass shootings., a criminal justice professor at the State University of New York at Oswego, said that in recent years victims are more likely to be injured than killed because of faster police and paramedic responses and medical advances. Schildkraut is the interim director of the
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